Tetsu's Tales
(This month, I am acting.) My name is 2008 Civic Type-R sedan; please call me FD2. My engine is K20A which can make 225ps. My older brother, '01 Civic Type R EP3 has K20A but it only make 215ps. Do you think I am slower than Integra Type-R and old Civic Type-R because my body is sedan? The answer is NO. Many professional race car drivers test me in any race tracks and I am faster than Integra Type-R and old Civic Type-R. I have engine starter button, six-speed transmission, R-spec seats can make you feel like being race car driver. i-VTEC/rev indicator tells you when camshaft start to change high cam shaft from low cam shaft and tell you when you need to shift up for making max power. It is like GT race car. In fact, I am triplet. Another two brothers graduated Mugen. One brother's name is Mugen RR. Another one's name is Mugen RC. Mugen RR has many Mugen parts, like body kit, engine parts, interior parts. Mugen RR is faster than me because his engine can make 240 ps. That's why he is expensive. I am 2,835,000 yen.
(about $27,000 U.S.). Mugen RR is 4,777,500 yen (about $45,000 U.S.). Mugen RR is limited car and sold only 300 cars last year. I think he is top FF car. One of Super Street editor, Terence was shooting Mugen RR at Mugen. You will see Mugen RR later on this magazine.
Mugen RC is completed race car for racing. It has race spec engine, interior, brakes and tires; price is 7,822,500 yen (about $74,000 U.S.).You can take part in the race if you bought it.
You don't need to build car for racing because it is completed race car. It is hard to visit to your country because I am living in Japan and DMV cannot give me license plate and my suspension set up is no good for the streets in USA. I can't drink any gas at the gas station in USA. I can drink only Japanese high octane gas. My two cousins are living in USA now. One is Civic Si. Another one is Mugen Civic Si. I know Civic Si is different with me because Si is adapt any American situation, like gas, octane and road condition. Si is my cousin and related by blood. I think Si has many tuning plans much more me. I think I can say Mugen Si is Mugen RR's brother because Mugen RR's engineer developed Mugen Si. They tested Mugen Si in Japan and USA. Civic Si and Mugen Si are not different with me and Mugen RR. They are our cousins.
Oh! Let me introduce my father. My father is Civic 1200 RS 1974. It has 1200cc motor with CV twin carburetor with 5-speed transmission which can make 76 ps. Civic CVCC 1974 can make 63 ps. Plus 10 ps! That's why Civic RS is my father. RS stands for "road sailing." Many people missed me in USA because 5Zigen brought the race car version of me to Super Lap Battle last year. It was the chance to see real Civic Type-R in USA. 5Zigen CEO, Mr. Kinoshita said 5Zigen Civic Type-R would come back to Super Lap Battle in 2008. If you want to see me, come to Buttonwillow in November. You can make a model of 5Zigen Civic Type-R sedan for modifying your Civic Si
Tetsuya Ogushi
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